Hyderabad: The National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET 2021) for undergraduate medical courses will be held on September 12 between 2 pm and 5 pm at different centres located in 202 cities throughout the country and abroad. A whopping number of 16.1 lakh students registered for the exam.
Students will have to report two hours before the last reporting time. A printed copy of admit card downloaded from the NTA website, two passport size photographs same as in the application form, any identity card, PwBD certificate if needed, scribe if applicable need to be produced.
The National Testing Agency has issued Covid-related guidelines. Students will be provided with N95 masks and they are permitted to bring hand sanitisers. Students will have to follow the dress code and undergo frisking mandatorily. Any item like textual material, bits of paper, geometry, pencil...electronic pen/scanner will not be permitted. Communication devices like mobile phones, Bluetooth, earphones...are barred. Other items like wallet, goggles, handbags, belt, cap, watch, bracelet, camera, ornaments/metallic items as well as food items opened or packed will not be permitted.
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The entrance examination is for admission to MBBS/BDS/BAMS/BSMS/BUMS/BHMS and other undergraduate medical courses in approved/recognized Medical/Dental /AYUSH and other Colleges/ Deemed Universities /Institutes (AIIMS & JIPMER) in India. The question paper would comprise of two sections including 35 and 15 questions in each. Students are advised to use ballpoint pen for the three-hour exam. The exam would be held in 13 languages including English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu.
More than 9 lakh female candidates registered for the exam and Kerala tops the list of states with the highest male to female candidate ratio. The nationwide medical examination would be held after students' demand for postponement in the wake of Covid-19, as per reports. The examination is held as per Section 14 of The National Medical Commission (NMC) Act, 2019 and relevant Graduate Medical Education Regulations (GMER) 1997.
